neo-Luddism

English

Etymology

From neo- +‎ Luddism.

Noun

neo-Luddism (uncountable)

  1. The beliefs and attitudes of neo-Luddites.
    • 2024 February 2, Brian Merchant, “The New Luddites Aren’t Backing Down”, in The Atlantic‎[1]:
      Past neo-Luddite movements have, it should be noted, come and gone. In the 1990s, activist writers such as Kirkpatrick Sale called for a neo-Luddism that rejected the computer age altogether, arguing that “a world dominated by the technologies of industrial society is fundamentally more detrimental than beneficial to human happiness and survival.”

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